Supreme Court of India
M.K. Kunhimohammed v. P.A. Ahmedkutty & Ors.
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What the Court ordered
We hold that the insurer was liable to pay upto Rs.10,000 for each individual passenger where the vehicle involved was a motor cab and upto Rs.5,000 for each individual passenger in any other case.
Judgment, page 10
From the headnote
The petitioner was the owner of a bus being run as a stage carriage. On 24.7.78 while carrying passengers this bus met with an accident, as a result of which one passenger died. The Motor Accident Claims Tribunal held that the accident took place due to the negligence on the part of the driver and awarded compensation of Rs.56,800 to the legal representatives of the deceased. It further held that the liability of the insurer to indemnify the petitioner was limited to Rs.5,000 as the policy specifically limited the insurer’s liability to what had been provided by s. 95(2)(b)(ii)(2) and (4) of…
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